Maryland Senate Bill 470

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Referred Environment and Transportation
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing the Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2025 budget bill for the Fund; etc.

Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)

Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]	Sen. Dawn Gile [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]
Sen. Michael Jackson [D]	Sen. Mary James [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]
Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21	House	Referred Environment and Transportation
2023-03-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2023-03-20	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-20	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {863221/1 Adopted
2023-03-20	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
2023-02-03	Senate	Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
2023-02-03	Senate	Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
2023-02-03	Senate	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
2023-02-03	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment

HB631 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-20 - Referred Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Natural Resources	3	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Natural Resources	3	210	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Natural Resources	3	214	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Natural Resources	3	215	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Natural Resources	3	216	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Natural Resources	5	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	171		(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	226	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0470?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0470f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0470t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0470_86322101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0470_b&t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0470_eee.pdf